May 20, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-096 NASA GIVES SPACE STATION CREW 'GO' TO DRINK RECYCLED WATER HOUSTON -- NASA's Mission Control gave the Expedition 19 astronaut crew aboard the International Space Station a "go" to drink water that the station's new recycling system has purified. Mission Control radioed the news to the crew Wednes ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2009 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Jim Scott University of Colorado, Boulder 303-492-3114 jim.scott@colorado.edu RELEASE: 09-111 NASA STUDY SHOWS ASTEROIDS MAY HAVE ACCELERATED LIFE ON EARTH WASHINGTON -- A NASA-funded study indicates that an intense asteroid bombardment nearly 4 billion years ago may not have sterilized the early Earth as completely as previously thought. The asteroids, some the size of Kansas, possibly even provided a boost for earl ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Jennifer Morcone Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. 256-544-0034 jennifer.j.morcone@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-113 NASA TESTS LARGEST ROCKET PARACHUTES EVER FOR ARES I HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the first test of the Ares I rocket's three main parachutes Wednesday. The parachutes -- the largest rocket parachutes ever ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.diller@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-089 NASA OPENS MEDIA ACCREDITATION FOR LAUNCH OF MOON MISSIONS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, missions to the moon are preparing for launch. The missions are targeted ...Continue Reading

May 20, 2009 Ashley Edwards/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756/0668 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov, grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov Rachel Prucey Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-0643 rachel.l.prucey@nasa.gov Keith Koehler Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. 757-824-1579 keith.a.koehler@nasa.gov RELEASE: 09-114 NASA FLIGHT FACILITY SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES NANOSATELLITE WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. -- NASA's PharmaSat nanosatellite successfully la ...Continue Reading

There are 6 messages totalling 258 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-125 MCC Status Report #16 2. ENDEAVOUR ASTRONAUT LANDS IN KERR COUNTY 3. NASA SETS NEW DATE FOR JUNE SHUTTLE MISSION BRIEFINGS 4. NASA ASSIGNS CREW FOR STS-132 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 5. STS-125 MCC Status Report #17 6. HUBBLE SERVICING CREW TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE FROM SPACE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 03:32:04 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-12 ...Continue Reading

May 19, 2009 Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0668/1756 grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@nasa.gov Jonas Dino Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-5612 jonas.dino@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-087 NASA ANNOUNCES BRIEFING ABOUT SATELLITE MISSIONS TO THE MOON WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a briefing about two upcoming lunar missions scheduled to launc ...Continue Reading

May 19, 2009 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-088 NASA CANCELS MAY 20 MEDIA EVENT FOR ARRIVAL OF TRANQUILITY NODE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Because bad weather conditions are forecast at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and arrival time of the Tranquility node is uncertain, the media event scheduled for Wednesday, May 20, is canceled. Reporters will hav ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- PLUME FROM BATU TARA Batu Tara, a tiny volcanic island in the Lesser Sunda Islands, released a plume of ash and/or steam in late April 2009. The volcano remained active in May 2009. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=38663&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from May 18, 2009 (Posted on May 18, 200 ...Continue Reading

There are 2 messages totalling 57 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. STS-125 MCC Status Report #14 2. STS-125 MCC Status Report #15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 04:32:31 -0500 From: info@JSC.NASA.GOV Subject: STS-125 MCC Status Report #14 STS-125 Report #14 Monday, May 18, 2009 - 5:00 a.m. CDT Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas As Atlantis’ crew begins their eighth day in space, astronauts Drew Feustel and John ...Continue Reading